Yes Bob, that's pretty much exactly how I was expecting the LiveCode sever deployment to work. Develop in the IDE, create a 'server stand alone' and deploy - the server then interprets the proprietary stacks and controls as standard HTML+CSS pages to serve to the visitors browser.
That is how I understood the first clause (to the 'or') within the opening sentence in the revServer product description "Execute embedded tags in your Web pages on a server or run server side processes." It seems that my SaaS experience over the last 5 or so years allowed me to I misinterpret 'cross-platform' in the LiveCode world as being something more than thick-client deployment options. I was therefore over-optimistic when reading the revServer product. It's clear to me now that LiveCode can create rich and net-savvy desktop/mobile apps but it is fundamentally a (thick) client-server proprietary technology. For my initial focus area, my customers won't accept client-side installs. Also, I need an IDE that covers standards-based web pages and scripting. LiveCode can't offer this, so, in my thin-client web app scenario, revServer becomes just a blind CGI, with all the problems Jaque described. I need to look elsewhere for my immediate needs - but we all live and learn! So, off to learn about Javascript, PHP, Flux... ;-) On 19 Feb 2011, at 03:57, Bob Cole wrote: > Read Keith's intended use of revServer, it reminded me of an old program > called LiveCard distributed by Heizer Software in the late 1990's. Great name > for a program, eh? > I was fascinated by the idea when it came out but I didn't know enough about > servers and the internet back then. > Anyway, I Googled "LiveCard Heizer" and found this link: > http://db.tidbits.com/article/931 > which is an old TidBITS story. Reading that article, you will see a > description of how LiveCard used HyperCard stacks as a CGI. I wonder if this > might be the kind of thing Keith wants. > I don't know where to find the program. Anyone have any experience with it? > Will revServer ultimately function similarly to the old LiveCard program? > Bob > > P.S. Keith, thanks again for your blogs about deploying revServer. Jacque's > tutorial got me most of the way there but your descriptions helped over the > last of my installation difficulties. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
